Vet assistant pay in Massachusetts
Vet assistants in Massachusetts: $17 to $27 an hour in job ads
From 94 job ads at 49 employers, updated Oct 15, 2026
Hourly and yearly ads, kept apart
Posted hourly
$17 to $27
94 ads, median $20
Each range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the ads' stated pay (the middle of each ad's range). An ad that states no unit is not counted, and hourly is never converted to yearly.
Pay by metro
| Metro | Posted range | Ads | BLS median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $19 to $32 an hour | 10 | $22.01 |
Only metros with 5 or more ads are shown. BLS medians are May 2025.
What the jobs offer
33%
CE allowance, 46 of 141 ads
26%
mentorship, 37 of 141 ads
16%
new grads welcome, 23 of 141 ads
1%
four-day week, 1 of 141 ads
Counted only where the ad's own words say it, Oct 15, 2026.
Hiring now in Massachusetts
- Veterinary Assistant at Banfield Pet Hospital - Braintree South Shore, Braintree$17.60 to $22.49 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant - 001747 at Banfield Pet Hospital - Leominster, Leominster$18.12 to $23.15 an hour
- Veterinary Assistant at Veterinary Practice Partners, Boston$22 to $28 an hour
Questions
What does a vet assistant make in Massachusetts?
Job ads in Massachusetts offer vet assistants $17 to $27 an hour, median $20, from 94 ads at 49 employers (Oct 15, 2026). The BLS median for vet assistants in Massachusetts was $22.44 an hour in May 2025.
How does Massachusetts compare with the US?
The median vet assistant job ad in Massachusetts offers $20 an hour (94 ads), $1 more than the US median of $19 (2,267 ads), as of Oct 15, 2026.
What benefits do vet assistant jobs in Massachusetts offer?
Of 141 vet assistant ads in Massachusetts, 46 mention a CE allowance, 37 mention mentorship, 23 mention welcoming new grads, 1 mention a four-day week, as of Oct 15, 2026. Only what the ad itself says is counted.
Job-ad pay is read from employers' own job feeds and careers pages, each figure kept with the ad's own sentence. See also how often vets leave their practice.